Biology:Herpestes lemanensis

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Short description: Extinct species of mongoose from Europe

Herpestes lemanensis
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Herpestes lemanensis skull
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
Species:
H. lemanensis
Binomial name
Herpestes lemanensis
Pomel, 1853

Herpestes lemanensis is an extinct mongoose species that was excavated in tertiary depositions in France and described by Auguste Pomel in 1853.[1] Its body size equals a large Indian civet, but its dentition resembles that of the Indian grey mongoose.[2]

References

  1. Pomel, A. (1853). "Herpestes lemanensis". Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des vertébrés fossiles découverts dans le bassin hydrographique de la Loire. Paris: Baillière. p. 65. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97953010/f67.item.texteImage. 
  2. Lydekker, R. (1887). "Herpestes lemanensis, Pomel". Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History). Volume 5, Supplement. p. 317. https://archive.org/details/catalogueoffossi05brit/page/317/mode/1up. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10960505 entry